in a stewinformalWORRIED confused or worried about a difficult situation you are in 〔为处于困境而〕困惑的,焦虑的in a stew• Boiled, baked, whipped, fried, roasted, cooked in stew.• If you have too many pumpkin seeds they are delicious in stews or roasted on top of cheese on toast.• So he left me in a stew of doubt.
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